It's a swimming competition not about speed but about artistry, control, balance and the ability to hold your breath underwater for a long time. Artistic swimming is the figure skating of the Summer ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The nation’s longest-running synchronized swim club is preparing to make a historic splash as it ...

When the sport of artistic swimming, formerly synchronized swimming, announced it would allow men to compete in the Paris Games, Bill May saw his chance. But the U.S. team chose only women. By Sarah ...

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers — now called artistic swimmers — have heard the putdowns before. But they’re getting ...

When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

If Bill May makes the U.S. Olympic team, he will become the first man ever to compete in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, at the Games. Bill May and U.S. Olympic artistic ...

When it comes to art, bits and pieces of it can be found wherever we look, even in the most unexpected areas — like in sports. High-adrenaline action, masculinity and thrill are qualities often ...

You may have noticed an event at the 2024 Paris Olympics that looks just like synchronized swimming, with gaggles of swimmers in matching suits performing the same move in unison -- but its not. Not ...

Margaret Zhu, a sixth-grader at Tyee Middle School, was one of 10 synchronized swimmers to compete for the Under-12 United States National Team at the Union Americana de Natación Pan American Artistic ...

From above the surface of the water, synchronized swimming is spectacular to watch — but most of the magic actually occurs underwater. The highly technical sport goes far beyond floral swim caps and ...